Red Dot Sights (RDS) are commonly used as the primary sights by professionals and self-defense shooters. Modern dot sights are reliable and rugged, but not infallible. What do you do when they fail?
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Handgun RDS Failure? No Dot, No Problem
BY Mark Miller Published: October 20, 2024 Updated: October 20, 2024How to Zero a Red Dot – Five Steps
BY Jordan Michaels Published: July 1, 2023 Updated: July 1, 2023You won’t be able to take advantage of these little technological marvels if you don’t know how to get them zeroed. Zeroing a red dot is a lot like zeroing a scope, but the lack of magnification can make it a little more challenging.
Garmin Xero® A1i PRO Bow Sight: Auto-Ranging, Ballistic Calculating Red Dot
BY Mitchell Graf Published: May 1, 2023 Updated: May 1, 2023Draw. Range. Shoot. It really is that simple with Garmin’s new “smart” red dot made for bowhunters.
Sightmark Mini Shot M-Spec M2 & M3 Solar Red Dot Sights — SHOT Show 2023
BY Mitchell Graf Published: January 22, 2023 Updated: January 22, 2023Sightmark introduced two new pistol-mounted red dot sights at SHOT Show 2023. They are calling them the M-Spec M2 and M3 Solar red dot sights.
Learning to Shoot a Handgun with a Red Dot: Simple but not Easy
BY Mark Miller Published: November 13, 2022 Updated: November 13, 2022Red dots sights (RDS) on handguns have been around competitive shooting, SWAT teams, and special military units for decades.
Carrying the New Holosun EPS
BY Garrett Negen Published: October 14, 2022 Updated: October 14, 2022I needed to find optics that were a good value and not just cheap. I found that Holosun fitted that role well.
Bushnell Expands Concealment Options with New Micro Reflex Sights
BY News Wire Published: September 7, 2022 Updated: September 7, 2022Bushnell, an industry leader in performance optics, announces the availability of two new micro red dot sights for personal protection and concealed carry, the RXC-200 and RXU-200.
The Romeo5 Predator – Ain’t Got Time to Bleed
BY Travis Pike Published: May 15, 2022 Updated: May 15, 2022In the gun world, Predator can mean a lot of things. Typically Predator is a name applied to hunting optics, gun, camouflage finishes, and the like. The Predator namesake in this regard has nothing to do with hunting. It’s a reference to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film featuring an alien-hunting A team of black ops commandos in the jungle. How does that translate to an optic?
DeltaPoint Micro: Leupold’s New Red Dot Sight for the “Dot Curious”
BY Mark Miller Published: March 20, 2022 Updated: March 20, 2022DeltaPoint Micro is a fully enclosed, low-profile red dot sight designed specifically for concealed carry and personal defense. It provides all of the advantages of a miniature red dot sight without the high profile of other sights. No red dot on the market is more compact, its low height to bore replicates the same sight plane that iron-sight shooters are accustomed to, allowing for intuitive target acquisition, and it delivers the legendarily rugged performance that Leupold consumers expect. Your iron sight presentation will put the red dot right in your field of view.
The Vortex Sparc Solar – Powered By The Sun!
BY Travis Pike Published: February 13, 2022 Updated: February 13, 2022The Sparc Solar provides a very competent optic for a fair price. It’s tough to beat the Sparc Solar if you need to outfit a home defense, competitive, or hunting firearm with a red dot.